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Atomic and Molecular Endofullerenes: Spins in a box

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Malcolm Levitt

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Endofullerenes
Connect with Malcolm

Email: [email protected]

Other researchers

Professor Richard Whitby

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Synthesis, properties and application of atomic and molecular endofullerenes.
  • The use of flow chemistry for the rapid acquisition of mechanistic and process information.
  • The synthesis of polyaromatic molecules for optoelectronic applications.
Connect with Richard

Email: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Magnetic Resonance

Our main focus is finding ways to extend the timescale over which magnetic resonance can be made.

Organic Chemistry, Synthesis, Catalysis

We develop environmentally sustainable approaches to chemical manufacture that minimise chemical waste, improve product velocity and reduce the need to isolate intermediates.

Research outputs

An internuclear J-coupling of 3He induced by molecular confinement
George Razvan Bacanu, Jyrki Rantaharju, Gabriela Hoffman, Mark Walkey, Sally Bloodworth, Maria Concistre, Richard J. Whitby & Malcolm H. Levitt, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(40), 16926–16929
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c08586
Type: article
Bond dissociation and reactivity of HF and H2O in a nano test tube
Johannes Biskupek, Stephen T. Skowron, Craig T. Stoppiello, Graham A. Rance, Shamim Alom, Kayleigh L. Y. Fung, Richard J. Whitby, Malcolm H. Levitt, Quentin M. Ramasse, Ute Kaiser, Elena Besley & Andrei N. Khlobystov, 2020, ACS Nano, 14(9), 11178-11189
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c02661
Type: article
Synthesis of Ar@C60 using molecular surgery
Sally Bloodworth, Gabriela Hoffman, Mark Walkey, George Razvan Bacanu, Julie Herniman, Malcolm H. Levitt & Richard J. Whitby, 2020, Chemical Communications, 56(72), 10521-10524
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC04201C
Type: article
Electronic spectroscopy of He@C+60 for astrochemical consideration
Ewen K. Campbell, E.S. Reedy, J. Rademacher, Richard J. Whitby & Gabriela Hoffman, 2020, Astrophysical Journal, 897(1), 1-5
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab8dba
Type: article
Fine structure in the solution state 13C-NMR spectrum of C60 and its endofullerene derivatives
George, Razvan Bacanu, Gabriela Hoffman, Michael Amponsah, Maria Concistre, Richard J. Whitby & Malcolm H. Levitt, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(21), 11850-11860
DOI: 10.1039/D0CP01282C
Type: article